TL;DR
- An Alexa smart speaker reportedly made “guttural sounds” while counting numbers with their kids.
- When confronted, Alexa reportedly blamed the user’s environment for the spooky sounds.
- The issue was seemingly replicated several times by the affected individual, though there are no widespread online complaints detailing this problem.
Voice assistants like Alexa have a history of occasionally messing up. Earlier this year, for example, we’ve seen Alexa Plus gaslight a user after turning on a light unprompted. We now have another Alexa-based incident to add to the list, and it’s as spooky as it can get.
A video shared by Organic_Help7007 on Reddit shows the voice assistant randomly making “guttural” sounds, fit for a horror movie or an indie game. This reportedly happened while they were asking Alexa to count from 1 to 40 with their kids.
